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Avalyn is developing inhaled therapies for people with severe and rare respiratory diseases.

Avalyn is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing inhaled medicines to treat rare respiratory diseases, including Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) and other Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD). ILDs are characterized by pulmonary scarring, a decline in lung function, reduced exercise capacity and quality of life, and increased mortality risk. Currently approved therapeutic options slow disease progression but are associated with significant side effects, which restrict their use and dosing. Avalyn is developing a pipeline of inhaled medicines to reduce systemic exposure and deliver the medication directly to the disease site. AP01, Avalyn’s lead candidate, is a Phase 2b-ready inhaled formulation of pirfenidone optimized for direct lung delivery via inhalation. In a recent clinical study of two doses assessed in 91 individuals with IPF, AP01 demonstrated the potential to improve efficacy and safety over existing therapy.

Learn more about this approach and our therapeutic focus.

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Lyn Baranowski

Chief Executive Officer

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Melissa Rhodes, Ph.D., D.A.B.T

Chief Operating Officer

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Howard M. Lazarus, M.D., FCCP

Chief Medical Officer

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Mark Surber, Ph.D.

Founder and Chief Scientific Officer

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Jim Bishop

Senior Vice President, Business Operations

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Craig Conoscenti, M.D., FCCP, ATSF

Senior Vice President, Clinical Development

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Michelle Patterson

Senior Vice President, Program Management

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Stephen Pham, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President, Product Development

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Nancy McKinley

Senior Vice President, Administration & Finance

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Niall O’Donnell, Ph.D.

Chairman, Managing Director, RiverVest Venture Partners

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Tiba Aynechi, Ph.D.

General Partner, Norwest Venture Partners

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Scott A. Beardsley

Managing Partner, Novo Ventures (US), Inc

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Jill Carroll

Partner, SR One

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Gianna Hoffman-Luca, Ph.D.

Principal, Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Funds

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Jonathan Leff, M.D.

Independent Director

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Ketan Patel, M.D.

Partner, F-Prime Capital

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Lyn Baranowski

Chief Executive Officer

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2010

With family history of IPF, Founder Mark Surber conceives of inhaled pirfenidone (AP01)

2011

First AP01 Patent Filed &

Avalyn Incorporated

2014

First AP01 Publication

AP01 US Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of IPF

2017

$62M Series A Complete

2018

AP01 Phase 1a Complete

2020

First Inhaled Nintedanib (AP02) Publication

$35M Series B Complete

2022

AP01 Phase 1b POC Complete

AP02 Phase 1a Complete

AP01 EU Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of IPF

2023

AP01 Phase 2b Design
$175M Series C Complete